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  • Child Protection and Child Welfare

    A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice

    by Selwyn Stanley, Sven Hessle, Dennis Kimberley, Anuarbek Kakabayev, Teresa Bertotti, Otrude Nontobeko Moyo, Alean Al-Krenawi, PhD, Annamaria Campanini, Kathryn Goldfarb, Marie Connolly, Contiu Soitu, Nazgul Assylbekova, Clare Colton, Menka Tsantefski, Marie-Antoinette Sossou, Daniela-Tatiana Soitu ...
    Child Protection and Child Welfare draws on the knowledge of child protection experts and social care professionals to provide an authoritative international overview of child protection strategy and policy.Devoting particular attention to the role played by culture in determining child welfare issues and child protection responses, this book illustrates the impact of both long-term influences, ... Read more

    $86.09 USD

  • Valuing the Field

    Child Welfare in an International Context

    Edited by Marilyn Callahan, Sven Hessle, Susan Strega ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2000: This text provides international perspectives on examples of best practice in child welfare and proposes organizational structures and policies to support this practice. Practice innovations span the range of child welfare services, including prevention, protection and out-of-family care. The contributors describe the child welfare context in each of their ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Human Rights and Social Equality: Challenges for Social Work

    Social Work-Social Development Volume I

    by Sven Hessle ...
    The mission of the social work profession and the development of social policy are rooted in a set of core values and are the foundation of social work’s unique purpose and perspective. Human rights offer a normative base for social work and for the formation of inclusive social policies. This informative and incisively written edited collection brings together experts from around the world to ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Global Social Transformation and Social Action: The Role of Social Workers

    Social Work-Social Development Volume III

    by Sven Hessle ...
    Global social transformation calls for global social action. 2010 saw the launch of The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development, which detailed how social workers can strive to bring about increased social justice. The time is right to start to address and demonstrate the actions that might be required to develop and accomplish the Agenda - with regard to methods in practice and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Environmental Change and Sustainable Social Development

    Social Work-Social Development Volume II

    by Sven Hessle ...
    How does climate change affect social work and social development? What actions are needed to integrate the three pillars of economic development, environmental development and social protection? With global warming and the increase in natural disasters due to the emission of greenhouse gases, an alternative approach to the natural environment is vital. The main focus of this volume is to ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

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  • Youth Studies

    An Introduction

    by Andy Furlong ...
    Youth Studies: an introduction is a clear, jargon-free and accessible textbook which will be invaluable in helping to explain concepts, theories and trends within youth studies. The concise summaries of key texts and the ideas of important theorists make the book an invaluable resource. The book also raises questions for discussion, with international case studies and up-to-date examples.The book ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • The Profession and Practice of Adult Education

    An Introduction

    by Sharan B. Merriam, Ralph G. Brockett ...
    The Profession and Practice of Adult Education is a timely book and an excellent introduction to the field. Drawing from an extensive volume of literature, it provides comprehensive coverage and a clear guide. Graduate students will benefit from it and practitioners will be kept abreast of changes that are occurring.--Peter Jarvis, professor of continuing education and senior research professor, ... Read more

    $40.00 USD

  • Social Work, Social Justice, and Human Rights

    A Structural Approach to Practice, Second Edition

    by Colleen Lundy ...
    Social workers take pride in their commitment to social and economic justice, peace, and human rights, and in their responses to related inequalities and social problems. At a time when economic globalization, armed conflict, and ecological devastation continue to undermine human rights and the possibilities for social justice, the need for linking a structural analysis to social work practice is ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Reforming Child Protection

    by Bob Lonne, Nigel Parton, Jane Thomson, Maria Harries ...
    Child protection is one of the most high profile and challenging areas of social work, as well as one where children’s lives and family life are seen to be at stake. Vital as child protection work is, this book argues that there is a pressing need for change in the understanding and consequent organization of child protection in many English speaking countries.The authors present compelling ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Schools and Societies

    Third Edition

    by Steven Brint ...
    Schools and Societies provides a synthesis of key issues in the sociology of education, focusing on American schools while offering a global, comparative context. Acknowledged as a standard text in its first two editions, this fully revised and updated third edition offers a broader sweep, stronger theoretical foundation, and a new concluding chapter on the possibilities of schooling. Instructors, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Moved to Action

    Motivation, Participation, and Inequality in American Politics

    by Hahrie C. Han ...
    Wealthy, educated, and more privileged people are more likely to participate and be represented in politics than their poorer, less educated, and less privileged counterparts. To reduce these inequalities, we need a better understanding of how the disadvantaged become motivated to participate. Moved to Action fills the current gap in this area of research by examining the commitments and pathways ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Rural Development Theory and Practice

    by Ruth McAreavey ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development and Society
    Rural development is inherently viewed as a positive thing; it is seen as something that brings together groups of individuals with automatic positive implications and outcomes. Policy rhetoric frequently uses popular terms such as involvement, participation and power sharing to describe rural development activities. However, the reality of experience on the ground does not necessarily concur with ... Read more

    $77.99 USD